Sustainability

Leave the room better than we found it.

Experiences are temporary; their footprint shouldn't be. We're putting a heavy focus on how we build, ship and run our work.

Where we stand

We’re not 100% there yet. But it’s one of our biggest focuses, in every build, every shipment and every show we run.

How we build

  1. 01

    Sourcing materials

    We choose recycled, recyclable and certified materials wherever the build allows, and source as close to the site as we can.

  2. 02

    Reusing hardware

    Screens, sensors, computers and custom electronics go back into stock after a show and into the next build, instead of into a skip.

  3. 03

    Smarter logistics

    Modular builds that pack flat, fewer and fuller shipments, local partners and crews instead of flying everything in.

  4. 04

    Monitoring power

    We measure what our installations draw, then tune hardware, content and schedules so they use less energy while they run.

Beyond the studio

Oceans

OceanX

We support organisations like OceanX, which explore the ocean and bring what they find to the rest of us. We’ve joined several OceanX tours aboard OceanXplorer: running experiments in the wet labs, supporting the submarine expeditions and building haptic installations.

The research vessel OceanXplorer at seaAn OceanX tender boat with crew on boardThe control room aboard OceanXplorer, with an iPad running the dive logOn the helideck of OceanXplorerThe Bora Studios team aboard OceanXplorer
Singida, Tanzania

Our pizzeria project

Away from screens and sensors, we run a pizzeria in Singida, Tanzania, attached to the Upendo Home for Street Children. It gives young people a real workplace once they have to leave the home, baking for the local community, from long lunches by the lake to fresh pizza for the kids.

A community lunch outdoors by the lake in TanzaniaChildren sharing pizza at lunchFreshly baked pizzas from the pizzeria
Forests

One Tree Planted

We support One Tree Planted and its reforestation projects around the world.

Carbon

Going carbon neutral

We're working towards carbon neutral operations: cutting what we can first, then offsetting what we can't avoid yet.

Work that points this way

Outernet London

Enchanted Forest

A forest of spirits on 16K of LED, brought to life by visitors playing together from their phones.

Happitat Bangkok

Forest of Time

Visitors restore a lost ecosystem together and uncover endangered and extinct Southeast Asian wildlife.

Coming soon

Luminary Institute

Real ocean science as a team adventure, built with scientists and activists. Its mission is protection: of the ocean and the ecosystems beneath it.

Lab · Game jam

Submarine Expedition

An ocean dive in Unreal, built in three days at our game jam, with the cockpit made in our Fabrica.

Lab · Game jam

Wavy Outrun

A speedboat game steered by digging through real sand, tracked with Azure Kinect.

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